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The 2021 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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It starts on Saturday.

Again it's straight knockout, hopefully this will be the last year of that and we can get back to something with a bit more intrigue next year.

Leinster and Munster look straightforward

That could have been said about Munster last year also but I seriously doubt Kerry will make the same mistakes and they did in 2020, there is no way they can.
And they have been playing the league like they cannot afford to put a foot wrong.

There is no use talking about the Leinster championship.

Ulster offers a bit of intrigue, Tyrone and Donegal could meet in a SF and Monaghan and Armagh could meet in the other,
Donegal really need to step up, for the last three years we were told that they were a team to watch and in all three occasions they could not make an All Ireland SF.
One would wonder how focused Tyrone were on their trip to Kerry a few weeks ago, with little really on offer.
Monaghan on there other hand had a lot of focus on the same weekend and staying in Div 1 will do them no harm at all.
Armagh are a potential dark horse.

Connacht is a two a two and a half horse race depending on Roscommon, they have caused shocks before in Connacht previously and I'd not be willing to right them off v a Galway teams that one really has to scratch ones head about.
Mayo have an easy run to the Connacht final but could become unstuck there without Cillian O' Connor
They struggled without him a few years ago.

Anyway it will end up with Dublin beating the Connacht champions without much fuss in the SF and Kerry beating the Ulster champs with a small bit more fuss in the other one.

Barring an early sending off like we had in the first game in 2019 Dublin will cruise to the title like they did in 2019 replay and 2020 finals, regardless of what people say about Kerry getting closer to them.

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ArielAtom

Mayo will destroy either of these.

lawred2

Thought the ref should have given a free in for Tyrone there..

Extra time

sligeach

It's amazing how so many games end in a draw.

FrancieBrady

Tyrone out on their feet. Advantage Kerry

Loafing Oaf

Wonder are Kerry reconsidering their decision to press strongly for a 'warm-up game' ahead of the AIF...

PTH2009

Tyrone should of had it won in normal time

Kerry could come out flying for extra time

seligehgit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815769#Comment_117815769

TBF the way he's been letting stuff go he was never going to give Donnelly the free.

Who's your money on now?

Flip of a coin.

Both teams out on their feet,TBF it is a very warm day.

Ompala

It's Mayo. I would not be that confident.

robbiezero

If Clifford is carrying a knock, advantage Tyrone.

Augme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815771#Comment_117815771

It's been advantage Kerry all second half but they seem to have no interest in taking it.

lawred2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815765#Comment_117815765

Mayo Dublin wasn't played in warmth like today

rolling boh

standard of play not great but still very interesting for neutrals thought Kerry might get on top second half but no so really in the melting pot .

Dyr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815740#Comment_117815740

Staright after McCurry was sent off, Tyrone player dragged down off the ball right in front of McGoldrick. Not a problem for Eddie.

tayto lover

The great Kerry team who won the league game in Killarney by 400 hundred points needed the help of a number of very soft free kicks to hold a half-fit Tyrone team to a draw. Not what I was expecting at all.

WesternZulu

Very enjoyable game. Tyrone giving away an awful lot of soft frees. If they can cut those out they've a great chance in extra time. If not it's hard to see Kerry loosing.

Strumms

With the injury time and extra time there will be about 35 minutes of extra football on top of the 70. 3 half’s. 21 degrees down there pitch side with zero breeze. They’ll be all carried off the pitch in a net.